Period 5
The most famous speech Lincoln gave during the Civil War.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Inventor of the phonograph, the moving picture, & the lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
The president known for his trustbusting & Dollar Diplomacy.
The act that sent veterans to college free of charge.
What is the GI Bill?
A terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of almost 3,000 Americans.
What is 9/11?
It freed the slaves in southern states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Laws in the South designed to keep blacks segregated.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Reporters who exaggerated news for catchy headlines.
What are yellow journalists?
The relaxing of tensions during the Cold War.
What is detente?
It was a symbol of communism, torn down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Another name for the First Battle of Bull Run.
What is First Manassas?
The cross-country transportation system.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
The country towards which the Open Door Note was issued.
What is China?
The senator known for accusing people of communism.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
The two regions from which we see the most immigrants to the U.S.
What is Latin America & Asia?
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
When multiple competitors work together to control a market.
What is horizontal integration?
What is the Maine?
She inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
It was a nickname for supply-side economics.
What is "Reaganomics?"
The first point in the North's Civil War military plan.
What is blockade southern coasts?
Where General Custer was defeated by Native Americans.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
His famous line was "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
The organization created to root out communists in America.
What is the House Un-American Activities Committee?
A law passed by Gorbachev to open up the Soviet economy.